Tuesday, October 29, 2013

I needed some crafting therapy this weekend after a very long week at school so I decided to put together some treat bags for my team teachers. With this being Halloween and Red Ribbon week, the kids are extra hyper. We may need a couple bites of something sweet to help us "survive"!!!!!

I used the Stampin' Up! treat cups for the pumpkins and I filled them with the orange starburst candy corn. I used the Cricut cartridge Create a Critter to cut out the pumpkins and a Tim Holtz embossing folder for the texture.

I used the Stampin' Up! thin cello bags along with the candy corn M&M's (which by the way are really good!) For the candy corn image, I used an old Stampin' Up! set Tasty Sweet (retired).

I had so much left over candy corn and I decided that it wasn't a good idea to keep them in the house so I bagged them up in the Stampin' Up! small cello bags. *Not sure if they still sell these or not. I used an older set called Got Treats (retired) for the phrase and the candy image is also from the Tasty Sweet set.

And here they are all bagged up!! I haven't made teacher gifts in a while and I really enjoyed putting these together. If you have any questions, please let me know! Happy crafting!

Monday, October 21, 2013

We are invited to a birthday party for two brothers who are 4 and 2. They both love superheros. Their mom always does such great parties for boys so I love seeing everything that she comes up with each year. This year I decided to make their gifts using my new silhouette cameo machine.

I first found a .png image for each logo online by doing a google search. I then put it into my silhouette designer edition software and created a cut file by tracing the image. (This is probably my favorite part of the cameo. I could NEVER do this with my cricut!) I then make the file and cut it from black paper. I attached it to the yellow background and placed the red 'S' into the superman frame and viola! Framed names!!

I decided to make a matching birthday card for each boy using the same cut file just modified a little to fit on a standard A2 size card.

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Oh WOW!!! It's been forever!! I won't bore you with all the details about what has been going on. A LOT has happened since this summer and I hope to be sharing some projects with you really soon! I have been crafting, just not as much as I would like. Here is a recap of my summer.....

In late May I got this in the mail!

I got a great deal here and I couldn't resist. I purchased the designer edition when it was half off this summer and I'm still learning all the quirks but so far I'm in love. I still have my cricuts and gypsy and I don't plan on getting rid of them. I will still use both machines. I made this purchase mostly because I want to use all my true type fonts from my computer instead of having to purchase new cartridges and still not have the exact font that I want.

June was the annual CKC Houston with my besties. Here is a pic of my goodies.

We had a great weekend (as usual!) and made lots of memories!!!

July was pretty quiet. I took lots of naps and organized my scrapbooks. I've been so busy of the last couple of years with showers and other projects that my scrapbooking was neglected. I purchased the above page protectors a couple of years ago (not sure if they are still available but I know several companies are now making similar ones). I decided that the pages didn't have to be perfectly pretty and done just so. I wanted to get the pictures out of the boxes and into albums so that I could share the memories. I placed the photos in the pockets by event and added a little journaling spot to note the date/location of the pictures. If I ever have time to go back I can make pretty pages with them. For now, I'm calling them done and officially saying that "I'm caught up!" I no longer feel overwhelmed and uninspired because I am "so far behind."

August was back to school time. I didn't make too much for my classroom other than a few teacher math manipulatives to use in the classroom. Poster sized ten frames to use with my students since my white board is not magnetic and a set of numbers and math symbols that have magnetic tape on the back that I use with a small hanging magnetic board over my math board. The "counters" have a red side and a yellow side and each side has a Velcro dot in the middle. (I store the numbers in the blue and red pockets below the ten frames and the counters in the alphabet pocket under the frames as well) Everything on my math board is attached to the flannel fabric behind it with Velcro.

Stay tuned for more news later. I'm trying to get back on track of posting projects.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

So I purchased some Project Life goodies this weekend. I'm not quite sure what I am getting into because I haven't ever done anything Project Life, but since I have a new little one on the way I figured this would be the best way to document his first year. I've been searching for some inspiration and I've found a few blogs that have some inspiration. The price dropped on the kit and the binder over the weekend and I couldn't resist. I can't wait to get my goodies in the mail and get working!! If you have any suggestions or ideas, please let me know!!

Here are the blogs that I have found using this kit. If you know of any other good project life blogs, please let me know!!

About Me

I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and CHRISTIAN. I am a teacher by day and a paper crafter whenever I can. I am a bit of a paper crafting supply hoarder but I'm ok with that! I'm also a YouTube junkie and I learn a lot watching others create. I love my Cricut, Gypsy, and my Silhouette Cameo. I'm also a newbie to Project Life. This is a place to share my creations. Thanks for stopping by!!